Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pos pn] [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't regard my engagement to Peter as any sort of mistake , ’ she managed to say . |
2 | They do n't want their children to be underspread everytime they walk out . |
3 | Both of the men were quite badly shaken by the incident and understandably do n't want their names to be released . ’ |
4 | we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and |
5 | ‘ When I grow up , ’ he said , smiling at her phrase , ‘ I do n't want my life to be anything like theirs . |
6 | You learn all the time working on antiques.I am very happy.I would n't want my life to be different . |
7 | I do n't really think it 's good enough for Nelly to say that he was socialist because I do n't think his attitudes to women |
8 | The ducks that lived on the island in that lake did n't restrict their activities to the park . |
9 | The other seats were for a couple who did n't know their way to this hall and decided to follow his car . |
10 | Would n't it be great if you did n't consider your job to be actual work because you really enjoyed it ? |
11 | But they did n't confine their speculations to bacterial transposons — or even to plants and fruit-flies , which are now known to harbour similar transposable elements . |
12 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
13 | I would n't show my diary to a best which shows |
14 | ‘ Surely you do n't expect our animals to be the same as yours ? ’ |
15 | He does n't give his stick to just anybody . |
16 | ‘ You ca n't give your animals to me . ’ |
17 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |
18 | Ca n't keep your eyes to yourself . ’ |
19 | ‘ If you ca n't keep your hands to yourself , do something useful . |
20 | Do n't keep your worries to yourself ! |
21 | Other than to say , the Secretary of State did n't limit his concern to reducing rates of development . |
22 | But Atari do n't like their machine to be seen as a fashion accessory . |
23 | If I saw any cruelty in this business , I 'd leave the business because I would n't like my son to be brought up in an environment where there was cruelty to animals . |
24 | Reminds you of the US Interstate Highway system and the way it instantly snarled as soon as Washington residents tried to exit en masse during the riots of the late 1960s , does n't it … that blizzard coming on top of the New York World Trade Center bombing was just the kind of disaster the disaster recovery industry has been dreading : according to the New York Times , a heavy accumulation of snow caused the roof of the computer centre in Clifton , New Jersey that supports 5,000 automatic teller machines US-wide , 6% of the total , to collapse , putting the machines out of action — and the centre could n't transfer its operations to the North Bergen , New Jersey site where it had disaster recovery facilities arranged — because the site was full up with work transferred by Trade Center tenants … |
25 | Children learn it by rote to pass examinations , and they do n't see its relevance to the world around them . |
26 | We ca n't see our way to the end of the first foot . ’ |
27 | Worse , she preferred the pain of being with him and knowing that he did n't return her feelings to the pain of not being with him at all . |
28 | ‘ Do n't recount your excuses to me . |
29 | ‘ I mean , ’ he spelled out for her , ‘ I wo n't force your engagement to my brother to an end if I feel some aspects of it are going to be — how shall we say ? — under my control . ’ |
30 | Surely this man would n't take his prejudices to such extremes . |